Billions of dollars have been raised through crowdfunding. Yet, the cultural and creative sectors haven’t caught up to use this new funding tool to its full potential. How can European policy and public authorities help to facilitate crowdfunding for creatives and cultural organisations? To answer that, Crowdfunding4Culture – an initiative by the European Commission – invites the public to vote and comment on 23 proposed policy actions. Read More »
Webcast: Beyond modeling: Taking action on predictive analytics
Many organizations are venturing into predictive analytics to answer talent-related questions such as, Who is likely to resign? Can we predict the best leaders of the future? Why do some teams perform better than others? Building the predictive model is just the first step (and perhaps most straight forward).Read More »
EU – Welmory case – next round
The Supreme Administrative Court in Poland ruled on the Welmory case. Even though the case went through Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, C-605/12) back to the final instance in Poland – nothing seems certain whatsoever. Many would have expected the court following CJEU argumentation and probably confirming existence of fixed establishment in Poland. This, however, turned out not to be the case.Read More »
EU – European Commission launches public consultation on the fight against VAT fraud
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the fight against VAT fraud and administrative cooperation in the area of VAT. The consultation stems directly from the Commission’s VAT Action Plan, in which addressing the VAT gap and tackling VAT fraud received prominent attention. Read More »
Humility – a visit to the Paraplegic Centre in Nottwil
Our offices are large, more than 1,500 people in one location. First aid helpers are needed, if something goes wrong. When the enquiry arrived, who would like to be trained in first aid, I began to think. Obviously at some time in the secondary school I had learned how to bandage a wound, to stop bleeding or massage a heart. That is ages ago. I’m not certain that I could still do this. Read More »
Demut – Besuch in Paraplegikerzentrum in Nottwil
Unser Betrieb ist gross, über 1500 Personen an einem Ort. Da braucht es Nothelfer, falls etwas schief geht. Als die Anfrage kam, wer Lust habe, sich zum Nothelfer ausbilden zu lassen, begann ich nachzudenken. Klar irgendwann auf der Mittelschule habe ich gelernt wie man eine Wunde verbindet, eine Blutung stoppt oder die Herzmassage macht. Das ist ewig her. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich es noch heute könnte. Read More »
6. Schweizer Zollrechtstagung 2017
Die komplexer werdenden rechtlichen und organisatorischen Vorschriften im internationalen Warenverkehr stellen die schweizerischen Unternehmen weiterhin vor grosse Herausforderungen. So gilt es, stets auf dem Laufenden zu sein, proaktiv auf Veränderungen reagieren zu können und die internen Abläufe entsprechend anzupassen. Read More »
UAE – implementation of VAT at the rate of 5% on January 2018
The UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs, His Excellency Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, has stated that the UAE will implement VAT at the rate of 5% on 1 January 2018.
VAT is expected to be introduced at a rate of 5% with some limited exceptions including basic food items, healthcare and education. Read More »
Eastman Chemical: VAT Analyst
Do you want to work in a dynamic international team where no day is the same? Are you looking for a challenging environment where you can work on your personal development every day? And are you or do you want to become a VAT specialist for no less than 18 countries? Welcome to Eastman Chemical…Read More »
Poland: permanent place of business on the example of toll manufacturing arrangement
In brief
According to a recent judgement from Polish Supreme Administrative Court (NSA) dated 15 February 2017, the term “permanent place of business” has been defined, on the example of toll manufacturing arrangement between Polish and Swiss companies, together with the VAT taxation obligations.
The Swiss company requested interpretation, regarding the transactions` treatment of tax on goods and services. Read More »
Michaela Merz 